The Works of John Webster: Volume 1, The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi
An Old-Spelling Critical Edition

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster.

John Webster (Author), David Gunby (Edited by), David Carnegie (Edited by), Antony Hammond (Edited by), Doreen DelVecchio (Edited by)

9780521033329, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 November 2007

748 pages
22.8 x 15.3 x 3.6 cm, 0.989 kg

'This is an extremely satisfying edition. Essentially a reference book, it will promote both scholarly and theatrical engagement with these other Webster plays.' Sixteenth Century Journal

This is the first volume to appear in the Cambridge edition of the works of John Webster, beginning with the plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi. The following volume planned for publication will include the other plays as well as the poems and prose. While both The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi are available in modernized versions, the Cambridge edition incorporates the more recent editorial scholarship including valuable information on Webster's biography, critical methods, and textual theory. In particular, the edition integrates theatrical aspects of the texts with their bibliographical and literary features in a way not previously attempted for a scholarly edition of a Jacobean dramatist. The edition also presents previously unpublished material including a fragment of an otherwise lost play and a hitherto unknown poem and provides a brief biography of Webster, a history of the Webster canon, and reception history for each play.

List of Illustrations
General Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
The Webster canon
Part I. General Introductions: 1. The life of John Webster
2. General critical introduction
3. General theatrical introduction
4. General textual introduction
Part II. The White Devil
Date of the Play
Critical Introduction
Theatrical Introduction
Textual Introduction
The White Devil
Part III. The Duchess of Malfi.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]